{"id":357991,"date":"2017-09-29T18:59:30","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T18:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=357991"},"modified":"2017-11-10T11:07:04","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T11:07:04","slug":"affail-monney-retains-gja-presidency-with-landslide-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/09\/affail-monney-retains-gja-presidency-with-landslide-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Affail Monney retains GJA Presidency with landslide win"},"content":{"rendered":"

Incumbent, Roland Affail Monney, has retained the Presidency of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) with a landslide victory in Friday’s polls.<\/p>\n

Despite expectations of strong competition from Lloyd Evans and Johnny Aryeetey prior to the elections, Monney swept to victory, garnering 310 of the 510 valid votes cast.<\/p>\n

Over 500 members of the GJA\u00a0cast their ballots at various polling centers across the country, lower than the over 650 votes that had been expected.<\/p>\n

The election was supposed to be held in March, 2017, but was postponed because of some unresolved disputes.<\/p>\n

Monney\u00a0had expressed confidence of victory<\/a><\/strong><\/span> ahead of the polls, pointing to the recent Unionisation of the Association as a major success of his tenure.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe chances can be determined and will be determined by the voters, and I believe that I have done justice to my leadership mettle after only one term in office. For the first in the history of GJA, we\u2019ve been able to unionize this Association, and what it means is that, the profile of media workers in Ghana will change for the better,” he said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Lloyd Evans who came second, polled 147 votes but finished well behind Monney.<\/p>\n

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Lloyd Evans: Defeated\u00a0GJA Presidential aspirant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Evans, speaking on Eyewitness News<\/strong> on Thursday, said that a change in leadership was necessary for the progress of the Association.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis election is about leadership, we need to get the right calibre of people to lead the association. Leadership that will not criticize its own people but will rather support them, empower them, encourage them to move forward,\u201d he said<\/p>\n

Evans had discounted the Unionisation of GJA which was touted by Monney, stating that it was flawed and had bred uncertainty about the status<\/strong><\/span><\/a> of the Association.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be honest, I don\u2019t know whether [GJA] is now a Union or an Association. The decision to unionize took most of us by surprise, it was announced on September 12 when we were in the middle of elections. This can\u2019t fly in the face of the law. [The uncertainty] is very disgraceful, to say the least. The Executive, they wanted it this way and rushed for it. Most of us are surprised,\u201d he had said.<\/p>\n

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‘Johnny Aryeetey or John Mahama’<\/strong><\/p>\n

The third candidate in the Presidential race,\u00a0\u00a0Johnny Aryeetey could not cast his ballot<\/strong><\/a><\/span> as his name could not be found on the register at the polling station.<\/p>\n

He polled just\u00a044 of the 505 votes cast. In the spot where his name should have been, the name “John Dramani Mahama” was printed.<\/p>\n

Insisting his name had been on the list presented to the candidates prior to the polls, Aryeetey claims that the results had been \u201cpredetermined.”<\/p>\n

He later said on Eyewitness News <\/strong>that he would consider legal advise\u00a0on the matter and might challenge the results.<\/p>\n

Final results (Presidential)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Roland Affail Monney<\/strong> – 310<\/p>\n

Lloyd Evans – 147<\/p>\n

Johnny Aryeetey – 44<\/p>\n

Valid votes cast – 501<\/p>\n

Total votes cast – 505<\/p>\n

2. Vice Presidential<\/strong><\/p>\n

Linda Asante Agyei – 209<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tina Aforo Yeboah – 111<\/p>\n

Francis Kotutse – 93<\/p>\n

Mattew Mckwame – 92<\/p>\n

Valid – 505<\/p>\n

Total votes 505<\/p>\n

General Secretary<\/strong><\/p>\n

Edmund Kofi Yeboah – 251<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dave Agbenu – 250<\/p>\n

Valid 501<\/p>\n

Rejected 3<\/p>\n

Total 504<\/p>\n

Public Affairs<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mary Mensah – 287<\/p>\n

Nii Adjei Klu – 216<\/p>\n

Valid votes 503<\/p>\n

Rejected 2<\/p>\n

Total valid votes 505<\/p>\n

Organising Secretary<\/strong><\/p>\n

Albert Tuffour – 312<\/p>\n

Vance Azu\u00a0 – 186<\/p>\n

Valid 498<\/p>\n

Rejected 4<\/p>\n

Total votes 502<\/p>\n

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–<\/p>\n

By: Edwin Kwakofi\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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